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Summer Institute: Environment & Engagement

Introduction	What do teachers make???
The Learning Environment	Characteristics of an Engaging Classroom-2.docx Details Download 94 KB Article on Student Engagement
Examples of Rooms & Classroom Arrangements	Classroom Arrangements.pdf Details Download 146 KB
Learning Styles	learningstyleinventory_survey.pdf Details Download 24 KB
Dunn & Dunn's Research
Examples of Lessons that Address Learning Styles	Padlet Page - SHARE!!!
Turn & Talk Reflect	Q: What have you learned so far that you think can be implemented in your own classroom? Write or sketch on your monster post-it some ideas or concerns.
Marcia Tate's Instructional Strategies	20 Strategies to Engage the Brains of Students.docx Details Download 77 KB Brain Facts.docx Details Download 107 KB Comparison of Strategies.pdf Details Download 42 KB
Drawing & Artwork
Games
Manipulatives
Movement	KINESTHETIC LEARNING.pdf Details Download 49 KB Article on Activity in the Classroom
Music & Rhythm	The Perfect Music for Brain.docx Details Download 283 KB
Reciprocal Teaching	2014_06_23_14_38_39.pdf Details Download 985 KB
Storytelling	Tell me a fact and I'll learn. Tell me the truth and I'll believe. But tell me a story and it will live in my heart forever. -- Native American proverb The story of the algebraic equation
Visuals	Timeline Activity
Writing & Journals	Penzu Online Journal
Closing: "Pass it on" strategy	Use index cards, then pass it on, and again...

Resources:

Resource:
Tate, Marcia L. (2003). Worksheets Don't Grow Dendrites. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press, Inc.